The girl, at age 19, told Greenwich police in April 2010 that she had been abused by Joseph beginning when she was 9. He was then arrested, charged with two counts of sexual assault and child endangerment. The girl is now 23. Her name has not been disclosed in court document.

Joseph, 52, a Canadian, pleaded not guilty and has refused plea agreements, even though he risks a maximum jail sentence of 80 years. He has been held in jail on $250,000 bond since his arrest in June 2010.

After four men and two women were chosen for the jury that will begin hearing evidence before Judge Richard Comerford on April 22, Couloute said Joseph maintains his innocence.

"He is adamant that it did not happen and he is innocent," Couloute said.

Ornousky said, "We will present our case and the jury will make its decision." He would not discuss any proposed plea deals.

The woman said she went to Greenwich police in April 2010 after being hospitalized for a month for psychological problems caused by the abuse by Joseph, according to his arrest warrant affidavit.

She said she disclosed the sexual abuse in therapy and decided to go to police because she was fearful that Joseph was abusing her two younger half-sisters. The woman said she first met Joseph when she was 8 and living in Greenwich. She said Joseph started the abuse by touching her private parts.

When she was in the fifth grade, he would abuse her at night in her bed, she said.

The woman Joseph had sexual intercourse with her the first time after she heard her younger sister crying in the living room and found him and her 1-year-old sister under some covers on the couch. She believed Joseph was molesting the toddler and pulled the girl off the couch. In the process, she said Joseph threw baby to the floor and pinned the girl on the couch and raped her, the affidavit said.

The girl said she remembered five occasions when Joseph forced her to have sex, the affidavit said.

She said when she told her mother Joseph was abusing her, he denied the allegations. The two younger sisters denied being abused by Joseph, the affidavit said.